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"Yes, men and women eat meals. But they also ingest nutrients. They grind and sculpt them into a moistened bolus that is delivered, via a stadium wave of sequential contractions, into a self-kneading sack of hydrochloric acid and then dumped into a tubular leach field, where it is converted into the most powerful taboo in human history." ~ from Mary Roach's Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
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The guilty
by David Baldacci
The #1 best-selling author of The Target presents a new thriller starring elite government assassin Will Robie. Simultaneous.
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House of the rising sun : a novel
by James Lee Burke
Escaping with a stolen artifact after a violent encounter with Mexican soldiers, a Texas Ranger is pursued by a bloodthirsty Austrian arms dealer, who, believing the artifact to be the Holy Grail, targets the man's estranged son. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Wayfaring Stranger. Simultaneous.
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Black-eyed susans : a novel of suspense
by Julia Heaberlin
Rendered famous as the only survivor of a serial killer twenty years earlier, Tessa discovers clues that the wrong person was convicted and that the true killer is preparing to finish what he started
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| After Alice: A Novel by Gregory MaguireFiction. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Wicked author Gregory Maguire imagines the lives of those left behind when Alice falls down the rabbit hole. While her friend Ada follows in her footsteps (often just a few paces behind), Alice's sister Lydia remains above ground, in Victorian England, searching for the missing girls. Full of "magic, wonder, and fresh twists" (Booklist) on a much-loved tale, After Alice should please both lifelong fans of and newcomers to Wonderland. |
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Cross justice
by James Patterson
When his cousin is accused of a heinous crime, Alex Cross returns to his North Carolina hometown, where he discovers evidence of widespread corruption and a shattering family secret. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Hope to Die. Simultaneous.
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The Sea Wolves : A History of the Vikings
by Lars Brownworth
In the Sea Wolves, Lars Brownworth brings to life this extraordinary Norse world of epic poets, heroes, and travellers through the stories of the great Viking figures. Among others, Leif the Lucky who discovered a New World, Ragnar Lodbrok the scourge of France, Eric Bloodaxe who ruled in York, and the crafty Harald Hardrada illuminate the saga of the Viking age.
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Reckless : My Life As a Pretender
by Chrissie Hynde
A memoir by the frontwoman for The Pretenders traces her 1950s childhood in Ohio, her immersion in the music scenes of subsequent decades, and her band's instant rise to fame in the heyday of 1980s culture
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